All posts tagged "Hartford"
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6.2K1Arts and LeisureHow the Mark Twain Library Started With Books He Defaced
The Mark Twain Library in Redding, Conn., started with 200 books donated by local resident Mark Twain – books he’d scribbled over...
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10.1K1Arts and LeisureHow Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground Was Saved by the Gold Street Lady
The Ancient Burying Ground, the oldest historic site in Hartford, contains the remains of 6,000 men, women and children who settled the...
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7.6K2Arts and LeisureJohn Wilkes Booth Buys Property in Boston’s Back Bay
John Wilkes Booth sympathized with the South during the Civil War, but he planned to move to Boston, a Northern city full...
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20.9K1Business and LaborThe Grover Shoe Factory Disaster Shakes the Nation in 1905
In March of 1905, with spring weather coming, the operators of the Grover shoe factory in Brockton, Mass., decided to switch off...
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11.9KConnecticutHartford’s Muster Day Murder of 1748
Even by the rowdy standards of a colonial muster, a muster day murder was unusual. Colonial era musters were militia training days. The...
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16.0K9Business and LaborRiver Gods of the Connecticut River Valley Create A World of Their Own
During the 150 years before the American Revolution, a series of aristocrats known as the River Gods ruled the Connecticut River Valley....
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